The Life of Riley: April 2013

Our first family vacation to Disney was the first weekend in February. My mom and step-dad surprised us with the trip for Christmas. We were very surprised and so grateful! It was an amazing time. Riley loves all of the Disney characters, especially Mickey and Tigger. But, his absolute favorite, is Lightening McQueen from the Cars movies. He has loved him for several years now and was ecstatic beyond belief when he found out we were going to Disney's Art of Animation Resort to stay in our very own Cars Themed Family Suite. Tom and I truly believe that he loved the hotel more than the actual theme parks. There were life size replicas of the Cars characters and our suite was decorated with everything Cars too. Riley was still a little too young to appreciate the theme parks fully, but thoroughly enjoyed our character breakfasts with Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore & Piglet at The Magic Kingdom, and with Mickey, Goofy, Donald & Daisy at Animal Kingdom. It was an amazing time and we cannot wait to go back. Riley still asks if we can go back to "the hotel" at least once every week! It was truly a magical time for Tom and I as we watched Riley experience Walt Disney World for the first time.

We also had a chance to visit with some of our cousins that live in Orlando. Riley has never met them before, and it was so fun seeing the kids play together for the first time. We had dinner at the hotel and the kids played like they'd always been friends!

We took tons of pictures. Here are some of the best ones...